Foot-lift for plows.



A. M. GOVAERTS. FOOT LIFT FOR FLOWS. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 16, I914.

1,149,1 29. Patented Aug. 3, 1915.

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FOOT LIFT FOR FLOWS.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 16. 1914.

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"FOOT-LIFTFOR rtows.

I ,Application filed September16 1 914. Serial No. 862,051.

.13 t kI Q Ilih t'I,A XA D G YAERTS, acitizen of theUnit ed States, resid-{ ing atWeissert,in the county of (luster? and State of Nebraska, have invented new and useful Improvements in, Foot-Lifts for Plows, of which the following is a specifi-- cation q c I The invention pertains to agricultural implements and chiefly to field machinery which is adapted to be propelled over the ground for tilling the same. In this class of implements, it is-necessaryto have the earth tilling devices mounted so as to be ad: I

justed vertically to regulate their depth of action. In case the implement is constructed to be drawnover the field by means of a draft animal or team, the driver is generally required to use both hands for controlling the team hence it is desirable to have the operating parts constructed and arranged to be actuated by the feet thereby leaving the hands free for proper manipulation of the driving lines.

The invention consists of novel foot controlling means whereby the parts previously and claimed.

In the drawings hereto attached :-Figure l is a top plan view showing the invention applied to a listing plow. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section. Fig. 3 is a transverse section. Fig. 4 is a perspective detail view bringing out more clearly the means whereby the setting mechanism of the lister may be released by foot. Fig. 5 is a sectional detail View on an enlarged scale taken on the line 55 in Fig. 1.

Corresponding and'like parts are referred to in the following description, and indicated in all the views of the drawings by, the same reference characters.

The invention is shown applied to a listing plow or cultivator of ordinary construction.

The attachment comprises a frame 1 which is adapted to be secured to the frame of the plow or cultivator. An upright frame issecured to the frame 1 and is stayed Specification of Letters Eatent Patented Aug. 3, 1915;

sn ac s .3. A1 lever 4 of th f k d type is pivoted bymeans of itsfork members tothe upright frame2 vandone end is formed with a pedal 5 to receive afoot of thedriver. The fork membersof the lever t'j are adapted to be connected by short chains 6 to the beams of the lister or cultivaton, :Pressure upon the pedal, 5 de-( presses one-end'of the-lever 4t and elevates, thQ 0PPQ t6. end with the resultg that the; beams of the lister are correspondingly IaiSeCL; p .1 I 1 5 '1... The operating lever 7 of the lister is arranged in the ordinary way and is provided with means for holding the same in the required adjusted position. The end of the lever 7 is forked, as shown at 15, for the reception of one end of a link 16, the other,

end of which is connected with the axle bail. A frame 8 is connected with the forked end of the operating lever 7 and is provided with a spring actuated lock pin 9 which is adapted to engage the upper end of the link 16 which is thereby pivotally connected with the lever. When thelock pin is retracted so as to disconnect the link 16 from the lever, said link will be guided between the limbs of the forked end of the lever and the frame 8 so that it will not be liable to swing out of the way. A foot lever .10 is connected by means of a flexible 'element, such as a chain 11, with a spring actuated lock pin 9 which may thereby be re-' tracted, thus disconnecting the upper end of the link 16 from the lever 7. The operator may then, by pressing downward on the pedal 5, elevate the plow' from tlhe ground, it being evident that these operations may be performed without using either hand. Thus, it will be seen that by means of the lever 7 when the link 16 is connected with said lever by means of the pin 9, the plow may be set for operation at the desired depth in the ground, and will be held in such position by the joint action of the lever 7 the link 16 and the conventional means used for retaining the lever in adjusted position. Should it be desired to lift the plow from the ground, theoperator by stepping on the foot lever 10 retracts the lock pin 9, after which the plow may be raised from the ground by pressure on the pedal 5 of the lever 4, as above set forth.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawti'on as claimed, I Having thu'sjdescribed the invention, What Copies of patent may be obtained for ings, theadvantages of the construction and of the method of operation will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art to which the invention appertains, and while I have described the principle of operation of the invention, together with the device which,

I now consider to be the, best embodiment thereof, I desire to have it understood that the device shown isimerely illustrative and that suchchanges may be made whende" sired as are withinthe scope of the inven isclaimed'as'newisz i o Infan lmplement of the class described, a frame, a plow beam, an ad uStIIig lever having a forked end, means for connecting theplow beam with the lever including a link, and 'a spring "actuated lock pin where'- one *end of' the link is pivotally connected with the lever, and a framesupporting the lockpinand serving to guide the link between the limbs cf the forked end of the lever-whenthe lock pin is retracted.

.2. In an implement of the class described, av frame, a plow beam, an adjusting lever, means connecting the plow beam withthe usti'ng lever including a link and aspring actuated lock pin pivotall y connecting one end ,of said link with-thelevfer, foot operable means forretracting the lock in, a foot levefi'and' a "fiekible conne'ction between the foot lever andthe plow beam for lifting th latter when the lockjpin is retracted;

testimony whereof I afiix my signature presence oftwo witnesses. Witnes'ses: I I W. L. ,M'oCAND Es's',

Gr. DA'VOLT. I

ALEXANDER G ERTSJ 

